Layoffs at The National

By The Associated Press

Published: November 19, 1990

The National, the nine-month-old daily sports newspaper that is running into financial problems, has laid off 18 news employees to cut costs, a spokesman said on Friday. The layoffs, which amount to 6.5 percent of the work force of about 275, offer the most concrete evidence so far that the privately held paper is having difficulty in establishing itself with readers and advertisers. A spokesman, Stephen Hammond, said those being laid off were mostly support workers like layout designers and copy editors at sites nationwide.